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Eight Senate Republicans joined with 44 Democrats on a Republican-proposed compromise that would deny people on two different federal watch lists the ability to buy weapons unless they could successfully appeal that decision. Several other Republican senators showed some willingness to accept new restrictions on gun purchases if they could be structured in an acceptable way. A bipartisan companion measure also was introduced in the House.

A Satanic group is set to verse a "black mass" at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall this August, but 100,000 people have signed a petition to have the gathering canceled.

By Timothy Cama - 03/03/16 10:35 AM EST Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants in a big victory for the Obama administration

The U.S. Army’s largest Europe-bound ammo shipment in a decade has arrived at a depot in Germany as its forces ramp up their missions in response to Russia’s military actions. More than 5,000 tons of ammunition – which required 415 shipping containers to transport overseas – was stored last week at a depot in Miesau, the Army says. The ammo will be available to all forces participating in Operation Atlantic Resolve, launched in the wake of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. “This critical shipment will help us to continue to enable the NATO alliance, and the fact that it’s the largest...

TRENTON — For the second time this month, the state Assembly failed to corral enough votes to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill that would involve police in deciding whether a person with a documented mental illness can get a gun permit in New Jersey.

METUCHEN — It's one of the most vibrant but little-known parts of the gun industry: home-based gun shops. An analysis by NJ Advance Media shows that upwards of a third of the gun businesses in the state are based from residential homes. The businesses run the gamut: a way for gun club enthusiasts to transfer guns to friends once every few months to high-volume dealers selling dozens or scores of guns a month

During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump.

Further details were revealed throughout the night following the massacre at Umpqua Community College. Indeed, he is likely just as much the president’s son as was Trayvon Martin. He will be painted a victim of “white privilege’s” “religion and gun” culture, not to mention Chris Harper-Mercer felt compelled to retaliate against Islamophobes by slaughtering purely Christians, with an additional caveat (later). Democrats and Obama supporters I have encountered already deny this an act of jihad, much less a deliberate act against Christians just as the president did with the Paris kosher deli shootings by the #CharlieHebdo jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda...

In her computer-generated image, she is the picture of innocence: a 4-year-old girl with long brown hair, chubby cheeks and expressive brown eyes. The image has attracted a staggering 45 million views on Facebook as investigators try to identity the child whose remains were found on a Boston Harbor beach nearly two weeks ago. The mystery of Baby Doe began on June 25, when a woman walking her dog on the western shore of Deer Island called 911 and reported finding a trash bag containing the girl's body. The child was wearing white leggings with black polka dots. Inside the...

NEWARK — In a sign of the changing climate for unauthorized immigrants, Rutgers-Newark will host a first-of-its-kind college admissions fair this weekend for students who came to the U.S. illegally.

Abd Al Nabi told Hardwired, “Since taking Mariem’s case, extremists say we are not Muslim and are threatening our lives if we don’t drop her case.” When asked why he is risking his life for human rights and religious freedom, Abd Al Nabe continued, “I defend everyone regardless of their beliefs because we all share a common humanity and no one’s life should be taken because of what they believe. All of the laws need to be changed including those affecting religious freedom

We have a scientific consensus around this issue. We also need a political consensus," said Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey Governor and first EPA administrator under President George W. Bush, who resigned her post after disagreeing with the White House's direction on pollution rules. Whitman was joined by William Ruckelshaus, the nation's first EPA administrator under President Richard Nixon, William Reilly, who led the EPA under President George H.W. Bush, and Lee Thomas, who was administrator under Reagan.

ALQOSH, Iraq (AP) — Over the past decade, Iraqi Christians have fled repeatedly to this ancient mountainside village, seeking refuge from violence, then returning home when the danger eased. Now they are doing it again as Islamic militants rampage across northern Iraq, but this time few say they ever want to go back to their homes

John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciars, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his bailiffs and faithful subjects, greeting. Know that, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honour of God and the advancement of the holy Church, and for the reform of our realm, by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of...

(CNSNews.com) – The startling gains made by jihadist fighters in Iraq are placing the region’s already extremely vulnerable Christians in even greater peril, Christian advocacy groups are warning. While hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are affected by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s takeover of key cities including the Ninawa (Nineveh) provincial capital, Mosul, minority Christians – some of whom trace their origins to the earliest years of Christianity – are among those with the most to lose.

The family of a 65 year-old veteran claims that VA police stomped on the veterans head and neck, causing him to suffer a stroke and die several weeks later, a new lawsuit alleges.

A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith has reportedly given birth in prison.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, located in Washington, DC, pursuant to the authority of FAR Part 13, has a requirement for the commerical acquisition of submachine guns, .40 Cal. S&W, ambidextrous safety, semi-automatic or 2 shot burts trigger group, Tritium night sights for front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore grip) and scope (top rear), stock-collapsilbe or folding, magazine - 30 rd. capacity, sling, light weight, and oversized trigger guard for gloved operation.

The US army has built a fake city designed to be used during combat training exercises. The 300 acre 'town' includes a five story embassy, a bank, a school, an underground subway and train station, a mosque, a football stadium, and a helicopter landing zone. Located in Virginia, the realistic subway station comes complete with subway carriages and the train station has real train carriages. The subway carriages even carry the same logo as the carriages in Washington DC

The ONG 52nd Civil Support Team training scenario involved a plot from local school district employees to use biological weapons in order to advance their beliefs about “protecting Gun Rights and Second Amendment rights.” Portsmouth Chief of Police Bill Raisin told NBC 3 WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia that the drill accurately represented “the reality of the world we live in,” adding that such training “helps us all be prepared.”